Coin bank



May 15, 1923. 1,455,498

I. J. KUSEL COIN BANK Filed Jan. 5, 1920 Patented May 15, 1923.

.ISIDOR J. KUSEL,

1 corn BANK.

Application filed January 5, 1920. Serial No. 349,466.

To all whoziz, it may concern Best known that I, IsIDoR' J. KUsE-L, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Coin Banks, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description reference being had to the' accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification My invention relates to coin banks adapted for receiving and saving coins particularly of the smaller denominations.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an arrangementby which 'aiflcoin may be inserted into the bank but may not be withdrawn from the same, and to prevent such withdrawal while the coin is in process of being inserted.

Another object of the invention is to provide'an arrangement by which a coin while being inserted may not be withdrawn by the assistance of another coin or some other object. 1 a

Another object of the invention is to accomplish the foregoing and other desirable results in a simple and expeditious manner. In the accompanying drawings Fig. l'is a plan view of a 'coin bank embodying my present invention;

. Fig. 2'is' a side elevation of the same with a portion of the bank broken away along line 2-2 in Fig. 1; a

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on-line 3-3 in Fig.2.

In the drawings I show a bank A which may be of any suitable size and construction. The bank shown is of generally old form with a bottom 1 and top 2. The top 2 is provided with a longitudinally extending coin slot 3 into and through which the coins are to be inserted.

As an arrangement for. automatically permitting the insertion of the coins and preventing their withdrawal, .1 show a plurality of spring clips 4-4 arranged in rows on opposite sides of said slot 3. The spring clips or members 4-4 in one row are preterably'sta-ggered with reference to those in the other row as well shown in Fig. 1, in

which case the clips in one row will be located substantially opposite the spaces in the other row.

These clips 4-4 are preferably held in proper position by means oi plates 6 and 7 secured to the under side of the top- 2, as

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interposed between said platesand said top 2. Ihe clips 44 intheir normal position are 1n contact with the lowermost portion of the inturned edges 2 -2 of the slots.

A apreferred arrangement'the adjacent I ends of the plates -6 and 7*are-turnedaor bent downwardly as shown in Fig. 3, so as to serve asguards or abutments' for limiting the downward movement of the clips 4-4.

In using the bank,.-a coin will be inserted into the slot 3 and will strike against the somewhat down-turned ends' of l the members 4-4 and will push-saidmembersdownwardly so as to allow the cointo move into the bank. Afterpassing between the ends of the members 4-4 the coin will drop into I the bank; If during .the'insertion of the coinefi'ort is made'to pull it back,-'-that cannot be accomplished'because the ends of. the members 4-4 will-engage the coin, will be-drawn together andagainst the inturned edges 2- by :such outward pulllof the coin,"there being something of a clamping or gripping action holding the coin against withdrawal. This gripping of-the coin will take placeto" effectively" prevent its withdrawal irrespective of the extent to' which.the coin has been inserted, that is' whether it has been} inserted: much or little. After the coin has been inserted and has dropped -to the floor of the bank, it cannot find its way I out of 'the coin slot because the ends of the members 4-4 are so close together as-to prevent the coin passingbetween'them.inwan outward direction. to release a coin in process of being inserted by means of another coin slipped into the coin slot beside the first one, or by means of some otherarticle introduced that way, the guard members 6 and 7 will hold the clips 4-4 against such extended downward and sidewise movement as to allow the coins to become loosebetween the spring clips sufiiciently' to be withdrawn. In other words the guard members6 and 7 tend to stiffen. and strengthen and back up the spring clips 4 when the same are pressed downwardly andinwardly to an undue extent. Thus tampering'with the deviceto. release a coin after it has been partly or completely inserted is also prevented. v

Should effort be made It will be understood that changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is: 1 a

1. A coin bank having a coin slot the edges ofwhich extend downwardlyyspring coin engaging slips arranged in rows along opposite edges of the coin slot, said clips extending substantially to the middle portion of the slot and being normally in contact withthe lowermost partof the edges of the coin slot, whereby the clipsyield downward- 1y to permit insertion of a coin between the rows of clips and are held by the edges of the slot against movement upwardly from their normal position, 7 2. A coin bank having a coin'slot the edges of which extend downwardly,- spring C0111 engaging slips arranged in rows along the opposite edges of the coin slot, the clips in one row being staggered relatively to those in the other and normally in contact with the lowermost part of the edges of the 2gslot, said clips extending downwardly and inwardly so as to substantially close the slot theclipsyielding downwardly to permit insertion of a coin between the 1 rows of clips and being held by the edges of the slot against movement upwardly fronitheir normal position.

3. A coin bank having a coinslot with downwardly turned edges, a pair of downwardlv curved guardmembers mounted on "opposite sides ofthe slot, said guard memwith the lowermost portion of the :edgesot' the slot, said clips extending past theedges 10f the. slot, so as to substantially close the slot, and yielding downwardly to permitthe insertion of 'a coin through the slot. 4;"A coin bank having acoin slot with downwardly turned edges, a pair of downwardlycurved guard members mountedon opposite sides of the slot, said guard members being mounted on the wall of-the bank in which said slot is located, and a pair of coin engaging clips interposed between the guard members and the wall containing said slot, said guard members and clips belng fasvided with coin engaging devices, arranged to extend across the coin opening in rows on opposltesidesof the coinslot and in contact with said downwardly extending edges L of said coin slot, the devices in one row being staggered with reference to those in the other, in combination with guard members arranged along the edges of the slot underneath said coin engaging members.

.6. A coin bank having a coin slot the side edges of which are extended downwardly in combinationwith spring coin engaging clips arranged to extend'aeross the com opening :in rows along thelopposite edges of the coin tions of the coin slot, guard members extended along'the opposite sides ofthe coin slotand-secured to the wall of the bank in which said slot is located by means of rivets passing through said guards and also through said wall, said clip members being held in position by being interposed between said wall and guards and said guards'having inwardly extending edge adjacent said clip ends.

portions located In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 12th day of December, A, D., 11919. I

I 1 ismo'a J. KUSEL. 

